Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at the time but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
| 2 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 3 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 4 | I did n't realize it at the time but I think it wants |
| 5 | Volker Rath , the German public prosecutor , tactfully said nothing at the time but later announced that Germany was suspending proceedings against the two Libyans for lack of evidence . |